
It’s Time to Talk About Nationalizing America’s Railroads It’s Time to Talk About Nationalizing America’s Railroads
The East Palestine train derailment confirms it: Our rail industry is too important to be left to the corporations.
Feb 23, 2023 / John Nichols

Jackson’s Water System Is Broken by Design Jackson’s Water System Is Broken by Design
Declining federal funding has left the water infrastructure in Mississippi’s capital at the mercy of conservative state politicians.
Feb 22, 2023 / Feature / Hadas Thier

Dirty Nickel, Clean Power: Making the Ocean Bleed Red Dirty Nickel, Clean Power: Making the Ocean Bleed Red
How the race for more efficient batteries is poisoning Indonesia’s coastal waters.
Feb 21, 2023 / Feature / Nicolas Niarchos

Why the Warrior Met Strike Is Ending Why the Warrior Met Strike Is Ending
After 23 months, the union tells more than 1,000 coal miners in Alabama it’s time to head back to work—without the contract they want.
Feb 20, 2023 / Kim Kelly

How Change Is Actually Made on Campus How Change Is Actually Made on Campus
When Princeton University announced its decision to divest its $35 billion endowment, the role of student activists was erased. Proper recognition matters for future generations of...
Feb 20, 2023 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds and Tom Taylor

Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right
Unless Democrats offer solutions, the GOP will be able to stoke racism.
Feb 17, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Antarctica Time Bomb Antarctica Time Bomb
Our chance to act on climate change is melting away.
Feb 17, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style
Lori Lightfoot’s tenure as the city's mayor could be coming to its natural end.
Feb 17, 2023 / J. Duncan Moore Jr.

America’s Toxic Romance With the Free Market America’s Toxic Romance With the Free Market
A conversation with Naomi Oreskes about her new book with Erik M. Conway, The Big Myth, and how market fundamentalists convinced Americans to loathe government.
Feb 17, 2023 / Q&A / Claudia Dreifus

Apartheid American-Style Apartheid American-Style
The City of Jackson versus the Mississippi State Legislature.
Feb 16, 2023 / Makani Themba